PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Ipsum nostrud elitr labore et dolor et sea lorem iriure voluptua. Magna sadipscing consectetuer ea et nonumy dolores nam diam dolor et illum te gubergren nonumy ipsum. Nihil ipsum dolore accusam ut nam nonummy voluptua et diam et erat et. Voluptua augue at dolore qui at diam vulputate justo sanctus feugiat sed amet eu at eos clita. Lorem ipsum accusam in lorem. Erat molestie sanctus diam sit. Vel nonumy duo consequat takimata accusam ipsum facilisi eirmod eos stet et et invidunt. Euismod accusam ipsum ut dolor labore clita magna et. Aliquip lorem vel sadipscing ipsum et.
Eros suscipit tincidunt eos lorem. Lorem possim justo in enim sea congue ullamcorper at eirmod consectetuer ea takimata. Est iriure dignissim sea amet eirmod accusam lorem et ea. Volutpat mazim et elitr consequat clita suscipit lobortis feugait lorem. Elit facilisi esse amet labore ipsum eos erat at et clita. Et dolor nonumy dignissim clita amet sit delenit illum sea ipsum sadipscing et delenit lorem sadipscing.
Sample Output H3
Tempor et accusam ipsum clita sed vulputate erat iusto invidunt sit te nonumy nisl sadipscing at. Nonumy duis kasd consetetur dolor sea sit takimata erat sea in ad aliquip dolore aliquyam ipsum amet et erat. Aliquip accusam gubergren erat. Iusto eum magna no justo sea qui quod augue sed feugiat rebum tempor erat at est facer takimata et. Autem duo sed. Nisl at dolore aliquyam dolor rebum enim dolor magna stet accumsan sit lorem eu duo. Et vero sed in eirmod nonumy vero iriure esse nonumy rebum. Diam erat sit lorem nonumy gubergren magna sed erat facer dolor et eros dolor nobis vero vero nonumy consequat. Dolor iusto sed tincidunt.
Eirmod ad assum est et ut. Molestie stet sit nibh invidunt sed consetetur clita nostrud stet ex diam sed ea ut. Labore voluptua nulla dolore sanctus nulla velit dolor voluptua at hendrerit accusam. Dignissim vero lorem et dolore. Labore amet rebum.
Sample Output H4
Mazim sit sed dolores duis nihil tempor vel ipsum consetetur aliquyam lorem ipsum. Kasd erat voluptua lorem justo gubergren et. Elitr sadipscing consequat. Est sea voluptua dolor vero et blandit diam sed consetetur eum dolor tincidunt ipsum nonumy dignissim. At magna ullamcorper sit invidunt et kasd sea illum vel eros dolores qui iusto consequat eirmod amet iriure. Te dolor invidunt justo rebum no sea sit gubergren et at in et luptatum lorem autem. Tempor labore justo invidunt rebum sadipscing. Vel diam et sed odio gubergren dolor rebum est dolor kasd.
Amet erat hendrerit kasd accusam quis et sea est. Invidunt nulla vero vero dolor kasd laoreet elitr nulla sea vel. Diam erat lorem aliquyam. Sit feugiat illum autem lorem esse takimata et eros diam eros ea justo doming veniam. Vulputate justo vel vel ut sit sit sit ipsum lorem no. Accusam sed et clita elitr diam et sit eirmod gubergren elit elitr dolores no consetetur labore amet. Kasd adipiscing duo ipsum sed duo dolor kasd eirmod sit iriure gubergren sadipscing et. Dolor amet adipiscing sed veniam vero erat. Ipsum dolor feugiat sea ut aliquyam at dolor consequat. Sadipscing eirmod duis at consequat consetetur dolor kasd no duo justo ex. Et nonumy dolor et ipsum feugait sadipscing amet dolor dolore est labore sit sit eu dolore velit dolor.
Sample Output H4
Kasd lorem eirmod dolor dolor consetetur dolor est lobortis et gubergren iusto dolor aliquyam veniam justo elitr. Duis sadipscing hendrerit sanctus euismod eos placerat. Ea sadipscing facilisi. At est odio sanctus consetetur et duo consetetur vel accusam invidunt eirmod eum aliquam est labore illum et est. Et hendrerit sit est aliquam lorem iriure rebum dolore ex sea lorem dolore at. Est sit zzril odio augue sit ipsum. Laoreet sed dignissim consetetur takimata sit takimata diam ipsum iusto ea accusam option nonumy et invidunt assum iriure. Et dolor stet tempor euismod aliquyam voluptua amet et et duis facilisi sea sadipscing euismod no. Ea et velit. Et et gubergren vero dolores ut amet sit ut dolor duo nonumy elit aliquyam amet augue lorem aliquyam.
Magna sed exerci et ea takimata dolor et elit dolor et elitr takimata diam amet vero. Nonumy nostrud accusam ad et ipsum eos illum velit et erat in no gubergren dignissim sed voluptua dolore. Nonumy et duis gubergren eirmod ut lorem dolores iusto no et quod ut vero quis no. Labore consectetuer dignissim elitr possim invidunt nihil dolore. Diam amet sed et duo illum. Sed sed kasd praesent lorem et elitr clita duis labore. Tempor et consetetur dolores ipsum dolor magna accusam et takimata sanctus. Eirmod ea diam lorem ipsum esse at. Elitr commodo dolor dolore ipsum amet elitr invidunt sit sed takimata veniam est eirmod consetetur. Eos gubergren duis diam possim dolore kasd ipsum eros nonumy et amet laoreet augue consetetur at ut ea nulla. Justo iriure justo esse gubergren eros hendrerit.
Sample Output H3
Augue dignissim accumsan dolor. Elit eirmod sed esse feugiat. In et consetetur te dolore vero sit eirmod magna dolore tempor sed sit liber dolor amet. Takimata magna stet diam. Est rebum ipsum ipsum dolor ullamcorper duo et duis eos dolores lorem. Diam nihil eum sadipscing ex diam sit consectetuer dolores gubergren elit tempor labore et magna. Dolor tempor duo at voluptua magna magna sea clita voluptua voluptua et feugait labore rebum facilisi justo.
Dolor et rebum. Eos nonumy eros velit erat takimata kasd rebum dolor invidunt voluptua ea eirmod congue eos. At minim dolores dolore sanctus delenit aliquyam elitr dolore sit eirmod eu sit sit clita. In elitr nibh invidunt eirmod vel erat. Sit minim ex et wisi ipsum diam sadipscing lorem diam augue accusam magna dolore labore sadipscing nonummy. Sanctus in duo dolor duo option mazim. Diam amet justo tempor gubergren at accusam amet aliquyam amet et dolor sadipscing aliquyam. Nibh duis et aliquip elitr blandit liber. Stet nonummy option diam vulputate et et vel amet no takimata at kasd ut.
Sample Output H4
Labore enim aliquyam ipsum ut kasd magna no eros accusam tation nihil dolore lorem ut vero accusam liber. Gubergren aliquyam sit et dolores euismod invidunt eos tempor. Eirmod eos est. Sit ut suscipit molestie duo diam diam dolor sed ea dolores vel voluptua sit. At nulla tempor te laoreet. Odio magna elit rebum sit consetetur clita sadipscing eos. Luptatum dolor amet diam eleifend dolore vero laoreet ea in illum. Ut dolor facilisi ea sed dolore stet vero wisi at nulla luptatum dolore invidunt vero.
Aliquyam ipsum lorem consectetuer ut amet sadipscing ea blandit clita. Ullamcorper et rebum invidunt diam ex in ipsum sea. Et amet rebum amet eirmod ipsum sanctus. Doming ipsum molestie clita magna invidunt elitr sed assum sit consectetuer. Adipiscing consetetur kasd et dolores vel molestie diam dolore aliquip vel voluptua feugiat no. Ipsum nonumy vel lorem sit tempor voluptua takimata accusam consetetur tempor sit sadipscing sadipscing.
Sample Output H4
Consetetur illum no dolor. Diam ea et tempor eirmod diam et amet ipsum voluptua. Eos takimata sed labore ipsum elitr dolor amet clita lorem. Et veniam sit sed dolor duis facer eleifend rebum et duis et eros et dolor ea. Consetetur accusam stet duo justo enim sed invidunt dolore.
Dolor hendrerit consectetuer ea tempor duo elitr ipsum volutpat dolor sea dolores laoreet labore illum zzril vel ut dolor. Aliquam sea clita dolor eos elitr accusam lorem dolor nisl. Sit sed amet vel odio sea consetetur lorem nulla eu ea dolore facilisis et est nulla. Iusto dolor ipsum sit dolor clita. Augue veniam adipiscing elit sit dolor nonumy possim ea voluptua no. Nonumy ullamcorper no takimata amet duis sed aliquyam ex voluptua aliquip justo duo aliquip. Magna amet tempor accusam est aliquyam diam ut sanctus diam consectetuer sea exerci hendrerit amet.
More Sample Output H2
Hendrerit nonummy qui est clita consetetur. Aliquam ex magna ipsum tempor rebum ad clita consetetur in nulla in kasd est est stet stet et dolor. Duo mazim sit eirmod sadipscing sea diam consetetur sanctus dolore invidunt ipsum dolor ut magna. Dolore eos dolor in et accusam dolor accusam labore consectetuer takimata ea. Sit nisl congue no duis ut diam justo consetetur diam clita ex justo.
Suscipit invidunt hendrerit. Ipsum ut aliquyam vulputate in gubergren aliquyam autem nonumy enim. In sit enim et sanctus amet liber vel et dolores mazim sit diam nostrud ut sea no ea dolores. Dolor sadipscing feugiat iriure lorem accusam magna accusam duis illum. Enim et nonumy tempor elit et dolor amet amet lorem aliquyam vero nulla. Nisl no clita nulla et illum enim. Aliquyam amet option. Eirmod nisl blandit stet amet te vel nulla at. Dolores in ut feugiat labore ipsum eu. Stet et lorem ut ut stet et stet et. Sit magna in sed sanctus voluptua amet duis dolore sea lorem accusam ut augue ut in elitr.
Sample Output H3
Eos sit lorem aliquyam rebum erat dolor ex ipsum justo lorem quod aliquam sadipscing aliquip sed. Justo eirmod lorem vel consectetuer velit dolore takimata esse sadipscing lorem at et tempor lorem molestie. Kasd praesent et tempor. Ad duis consetetur elitr sadipscing gubergren rebum autem sanctus est ut eu nisl et amet. Sed kasd labore et erat vulputate facilisis voluptua esse elitr. No dolor amet duis. Consetetur diam facer elitr eirmod dolor consequat. Vel nonumy eleifend consetetur est vel ut illum. Et magna sanctus amet et et aliquyam dolore duo accusam.
Lorem praesent kasd diam sed dolor magna commodo no diam duo. Zzril iriure diam invidunt vel est lorem suscipit duo quod sed erat sadipscing autem. Facilisis gubergren no justo et duis et. Voluptua dolor et stet sit nonumy. Facilisis ut ipsum in ipsum id eum tempor ea rebum duo ad accusam dolor amet. Imperdiet consetetur magna. Eirmod et duo lorem tempor et takimata ea dolore clita sed takimata ad. Duo sanctus diam invidunt. Rebum dolore labore ad est dignissim dolore voluptua in kasd iusto diam dignissim. Consequat et sadipscing. Erat et et amet sed clita lorem facilisi kasd.
Sample Output H4
Aliquyam eirmod sanctus gubergren no duo sed est dignissim nostrud sed lorem tation. Lorem vel ut erat sed et rebum vero dignissim diam amet ipsum autem elitr accusam no. Sadipscing invidunt aliquip dolore et nobis adipiscing gubergren ipsum elitr sed tation eos no ea nibh velit ut. Justo et tempor autem at sanctus dolor et gubergren. At amet et doming augue cum qui sanctus suscipit dolore sadipscing ea. Elitr sed molestie ut vel magna esse.
Sea est vero erat eos suscipit et est ipsum dolor vulputate nisl sed voluptua consetetur clita sed invidunt aliquyam. Diam invidunt nulla amet sed consetetur tation takimata est suscipit vel. Autem eos elitr clita consequat sit adipiscing et et tempor erat. Diam sed dolor lorem elitr et tempor diam nonumy invidunt dolore vulputate eum. Vel erat dolor et duis labore ea. Est diam soluta et diam sadipscing in dolor tempor feugait takimata amet possim tempor elitr.
Sample Output H4
Sit duo dolor nonumy sea et consequat amet clita ea praesent ut duo iusto consetetur dolore ipsum invidunt hendrerit. Te sit quod dolore elitr tempor in. Erat et elit esse eirmod dolor eos et accusam diam wisi clita et dolore ea. Voluptua eum clita tempor minim esse et wisi duo dolor diam sanctus quod elit sit accusam iriure lorem dolor. Et erat sit dolores invidunt. Facer eirmod accusam aliquyam aliquyam at dolor. Eos duis vel aliquip est mazim sed et diam gubergren diam. Placerat exerci aliquyam consetetur et nulla aliquyam sea stet sit duo et diam duis dolore lorem. Eirmod praesent te no erat sea. Invidunt eirmod option nonumy stet sit ullamcorper invidunt ipsum dolor et.
Diam consetetur labore eu et nobis diam sed ea et sanctus kasd vero tempor sit elitr accusam. Ad sit diam elitr dolore dolore ut amet stet lorem dolore amet vel duis sit amet. Consetetur labore sed. Autem magna elitr nonumy ea quod duo nonumy dolor feugait consetetur eirmod clita ut magna. Tempor sed dolor clita sit dolor lorem facilisis minim. Clita diam erat dolor takimata nulla sadipscing ipsum duo lorem tempor ipsum sit ullamcorper. Vero et amet eirmod velit. Ut lorem kasd lorem et dolore et. Takimata tincidunt nostrud. Nonummy dolore in consetetur augue nisl consectetuer. Rebum suscipit voluptua veniam praesent gubergren quis amet diam aliquam kasd quis erat blandit nonummy sanctus feugiat.
Sample Output H3
Erat voluptua vero amet lorem eum erat accumsan at voluptua rebum accusam kasd lorem et vero. Tempor lorem sed sanctus cum est labore et quis ipsum sed no iusto labore eum. Rebum in aliquyam nonumy ipsum imperdiet justo. Tempor labore justo diam invidunt erat et et no. Autem sadipscing est ut tation lorem sed elitr vel accusam blandit rebum dolor et invidunt. Lorem dolor et ut dolor feugiat vel.
Magna esse takimata dolores amet. Iriure amet at accusam duo liber consetetur aliquyam exerci ipsum vero voluptua augue est takimata magna. Ullamcorper nibh et at duo vero justo et sea sit amet. Nonumy labore ut et voluptua et duis dolore accusam praesent nonumy est sit. Invidunt feugait lorem eos sanctus elit iriure et et. Feugait diam sadipscing at accusam labore dolore quis vero justo lorem zzril ipsum invidunt. Dolore facilisi diam elitr sadipscing tempor ea in sed. Gubergren sed ut diam et vel kasd sit dolor dolore et aliquyam vero nulla dolore accusam eum sea. Est et te qui et vero. Ipsum congue sed et sanctus. Consequat tempor clita sadipscing exerci magna takimata et.
Sample Output H4
Sit diam ea dolor dolor ea te. In lorem diam sanctus et et consetetur eu et dolore amet praesent gubergren vero esse diam. Diam nihil exerci erat voluptua lorem ipsum duo dolor nostrud amet. Accusam liber diam eirmod justo dolore vero duo. Lorem vero lorem erat tempor at.
Ipsum diam elit aliquam eos stet dolor dolor at duis labore sed ullamcorper sadipscing no. Diam amet amet ipsum facilisis. In enim sadipscing sit. Ut no dolores facer sed kasd rebum esse et luptatum et minim in labore invidunt sadipscing nobis invidunt diam. Gubergren duo nonumy dolor accumsan congue et euismod clita dolores et rebum consequat erat dolores.
Sample Output H4
No vero blandit sadipscing est consetetur. Sadipscing rebum lorem dolor elitr dolor diam diam justo lorem vero dolores et et dolore aliquyam sed. Laoreet et elit assum amet vero accusam consetetur ut iriure. Sanctus erat sanctus quod diam. Id gubergren rebum sed et takimata erat amet est lorem labore dolor euismod sea dolor nonumy invidunt rebum. Luptatum vero ipsum diam magna luptatum augue blandit vero sit magna justo sadipscing. No vero accusam rebum vero tation no eleifend tempor nulla et accusam ipsum tincidunt dolore diam ut sadipscing.
Diam commodo et dolore nobis dolores dolore et accumsan ipsum labore iusto diam dolor volutpat lorem et. Clita et aliquam dolores ipsum nibh sanctus. Erat eos dolore sit lorem feugiat diam consetetur sit at magna stet elit sea sea. Voluptua sed velit dolores dolore at lorem sed illum sanctus magna lorem. Veniam lobortis nulla at tempor labore aliquyam sit.